זוהר, חקת ח׳Zohar, Chukat 8

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (קהלת ז׳:י״א) טוֹבָה חָכְמָה עִם נַחֲלָה וְיוֹתֵר לְרוֹאֵי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ, אִי לָאו דְּהָא אִתְגַּלְיָיא מִלָּה דָּא, לָא (שמענא ולא) יְדַעְנָא מַאי קָאָמַר. טוֹבָה חָכְמָה, דָּא הִיא חָכְמָה, דְּהִיא תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ, (ס"א לכורסייא) כּוּרְסְיָיא מִתְתַּקְנָא לֵיהּ. טוֹבָה חָכְמָה עִם נַחֲלָה, יָאָה וְשַׁפִּירָא כַּד אִיהִי שַׁרְיָיא עִמְּהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִינּוּן נַחֲלָה וְעַדְבָא דִּילָהּ, לְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא בָּהּ.

He discoursed on the verse: “Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and an advantage to those who see the sun” (Eccl. 7, 11). Had this matter not been disclosed, I should not have known what it says. “Wisdom is good”: this is the wisdom which is “under the sun”, and a throne is made ready for it. “Wisdom is good with an inheritance”: it is fitting and fair when she rests with Israel, who are her inheritance and her lot, to be bound to her.

Segment 2ב׳

אֲבָל תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא יַתִּיר לְרוֹאֵי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ, לְאִינּוּן דְּזָכוּ לְאִתְחַבְּרָא בְּשִׁמְשָׁא, וּלְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא בֵּיהּ, דְּהָא אָחִיד בְּאִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, וּמַאן דְּאָחִיד בֵּיהּ, בְּכֹלָּא אָחִיד, בַּחַיִּין דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, וּבְחַיֵּי דְּעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, וְדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, (קהלת ז׳:י״ב) וְיִתְרוֹן דַּעַת הַחָכְמָה תְּחַיֶּה בְעָלֶיהָ. מַאי וְיִתְרוֹן דַּעַת. דָּא אִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי. יִּתְרוֹן דִּילֵיהּ מַהוּ, הַחָכְמָה וַדַּאי, דְּהָא תּוֹרָה, (שמות ס"ב ע"א) מֵחָכְמָה עִלָּאָה נָפְקָא.

But greater praise belongs to “those who see the sun”, to those who have been worthy to be joined with the sun and bound to it; for it is attached to the tree of life, and whoever is attached to it is attached to all, to the life of this world and to the life of the world to come. And this is what is written: “and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it” (Eccl. 7, 12). What is “the advantage of knowledge”? This is the tree of life. And what is its advantage? Wisdom, assuredly, for the Torah issues from the supernal Wisdom.

Segment 3ג׳

תּוּ טוֹבָה חָכְמָה עִם נַחֲלָה, טוֹבָה חָכְמָה, וַדַּאי עִם נַחֲלָה, דָּא צַדִּיקָא דְּעָלְמָא, דְּאִיהוּ נְהוֹרָא דְּשִׁמְשָׁא, דְּהָא תְּרֵין דַּרְגִּין אִלֵּין כַּחֲדָא יַתְבֵי, וְדָא הוּא שְׁפִּירוּ דִּלְהוֹן, אֲבָל וְיוֹתֵר לְרוֹאֵי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ, לְאִינּוּן דְּמִתְאַחֲדִין בְּשִׁמְשָׁא, תּוּקְפָּא דְּכֹלָּא, שְׁבָחָא דְּכֹלָּא.

Further, “Wisdom is good with an inheritance”. “Wisdom is good” assuredly “with an inheritance”: this is the Righteous One of the world, who is the light of the sun; for these two grades sit together, and this is their beauty. But “and an advantage to those who see the sun”: to those who cleave to the sun, the strength of all, the praise of all.